How To Install tinycdb on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tinycdb on Kali Linux.

What is tinycdb

tinycdb is:

tinycdb is a small, fast and reliable utility and subroutine library for creating and reading constant databases. The database structure is tuned for fast reading.

This package contains a command-line utility to create, analyze, dump and query cdb files.

There are three methods to install tinycdb on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install tinycdb Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install tinycdb using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install tinycdb

Install tinycdb Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install tinycdb using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install tinycdb

Install tinycdb Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install tinycdb using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tinycdb

How To Uninstall tinycdb on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the tinycdb package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tinycdb

Uninstall tinycdb And Its Dependencies

To uninstall tinycdb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tinycdb

Remove tinycdb Configurations and Data

To remove tinycdb configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tinycdb

Remove tinycdb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove tinycdb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tinycdb

Dependencies

tinycdb have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcdb1

References

• tinycdb website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tinycdb package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.